Starting from 2nd Place Car 28 Dennis Hauger won the INDY NXT by Firestone Indianapolis Grand Prix for his 3rd win. This is his 3rd win & 4th Top 10 of 2025. 2nd Place Car 26 Lochie Hughes, started from pole posted his 4th Top 10 of 2025. 3rd Place Car 99 Myles Rowe, started from 5th place posted his 4th Top 10 of 2025.
4th Place Car 27 Salvador de Alba, started from 6th place followed by 5th place Car 76 Caio Collet, started from 4th place. 6th Place Car 10 Niels Koolen, started from 9th place followed by 7th place Car 18 Nikita Johnson, started from 13th place. 8th Place Car 30 Liam Sceats, started from 14th place followed by 9th place Car 14 Josh Pierson, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 17 Callum Hedge, in 10th place, started from 3rd place.
The race had 1 Caution for 2 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 3 for 2 Contact: Cars 11 and 40 in Turn 1.
The race had 1 Lead Changes: 26 Hughes, Lochie 5, 28 Hauger, Dennis 30.
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INDY NXT Statement:
Hauger Returns to Winning Ways in Indianapolis GP Race 2
INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, May 10, 2025) – Dennis Hauger earned his third victory in four INDY NXT by Firestone races this season, passing Andretti Global teammate Lochie Hughes early and powering to victory in the second race of the Indianapolis Grand Prix doubleheader Saturday on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Hauger drove his No. 28 Rental Group car to a 4.7739-second victory over the No. 26 McGinley Clinic/USF Pro Championship machine of pole sitter Hughes, who earned his first career victory in the INDYCAR development series Friday evening in Race 1. Myles Rowe finished a career-best third for the second consecutive race in the No. 99 Abel/Force Indy entry.
“It’s been a great start to the season,” Hauger said. “Yesterday wasn’t great, but we were able to come back and get a win today. Super-happy about that, and in a place like this, it’s awesome.”
Salvador de Alba climbed one spot from his Friday finish to place fourth in the No. 27 Grupo Indi car as the third Andretti Global entry to finish in the top four today on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile circuit. Caio Collet rounded out the top five in the No. 76 HMD Motorsports car.
Norwegian driver Hauger became the first driver to win three of the first four INDY NXT by Firestone races of the season since current NTT INDYCAR SERIES star Pato O’Ward achieved the feat in 2018.
Hauger’s path to victory was created when he survived the first turn of the 35-lap race without contact, unlike Race 1. He was bumped off track in Turn 1 on the first lap Friday, falling to last in the 21-car field before recovering to finish eighth.
Hughes once again led into Turn 1 today, this time with fellow rookie teammate Hauger in pursuit. Hughes built a gap of 1.7 seconds by Lap 3 when the only caution period of the race was triggered when Jack William Miller in the No. 40 Abel/Miller/Vinatieri Motorsports car and Nolan Allaer in the No. 11 HMD Motorsports machine made side-by-side contact in Turn 1, forcing both cars to a stop in the grass.
On the restart at the end of Lap 5, Hughes and Hauger raced side by side toward Turn 1, with Hauger on the left and Hughes on the right at the start of Lap 6. Hauger edged ahead approaching Turn 2, with his left wheels on the dirt adjacent to the asphalt, and completed the pass for the lead in that corner.
Hauger never trailed thereafter, but Hughes stayed close for a while. Hauger’s lead stayed around one second until about 10 laps to go, when he started to pull away. He padded his gap to 2.6718 seconds by Lap 29 and continued to drive away until the checkered flag.
“Yesterday was tough,” Hauger said. “I think we really didn’t have the balance, either, going through the field. But today we really nailed it. It was a warm day, and you had to judge it nicely with the rear tires.
“We managed well, and we had really good pace today. That’s a good way to bounce back.”
Hauger took a 15-point lead over Hughes in the series standings after four of 14 races this season. The next race is the INDY NXT by Firestone Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday, June 1 on the streets of downtown Detroit (10:30 a.m. ET, FS1, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network).
INDY NXT by Firestone Indianapolis Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC
Position Starting Position Car Driver Laps Status
1. 2. Car 28 Hauger, Dennis 35 Running
2. 1. Car 26 Hughes, Lochie 35 Running
3. 5. Car 99 Rowe, Myles 35 Running
4. 6. Car 27 de Alba, Salvador 35 Running
5. 4. Car 76 Collet, Caio 35 Running
6. 9. Car 10 Koolen, Niels 35 Running
7. 13. Car 18 Johnson, Nikita 35 Running
8. 14. Car 30 Sceats, Liam 35 Running
9. 8. Car 14 Pierson, Josh 35 Running
10. 3. Car 17 Hedge, Callum 35 Running
11. 7. Car 29 Roe, James 35 Running
12. 15. Car 2 Murray, Sebastian 35 Running
13. 17. Car 24 Papasavvas, Evagoras 35 Running
14. 20. Car 39 Correa, Juan Manuel 35 Running
15. 18. Car 9 Aron, Bryce 35 Running
16. 16. Car 3 Escotto, Ricardo 35 Running
17. 10. Car 48 Missig, Jordan 35 Running
18. 21. Car 38 Deegan, Hailie 35 Running
19. 11. Car 40 Miller, Jack William 34 Running
20. 12. Car 11 Allaer, Nolan 31 Running
21. 19. Car 16 Smith, Tommy 23 Mechanical
Race Stats:
Time of Race: 00:46:08.6657
Avg Speed: 110.997
Fastest Lap: 115.299 mph ( 76.1531 sec) on lap 28 by 14 – Josh Pierson
Lead Changes: 1 Caution Laps: 2
INDY NXT Next Event: Sunday, June 1 Streets of Detroit FS1 10:30 a.m.
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